On the one hand she's clearly a CIA asset that wants Venezuela's oil privatized, and this is in the buildup to a US invasion. On the other hand I like to think Trump is fuming that he still hasn't gotten his prize and that he'll abandon the invasion idea just to punish Venezuela's opposition for taking his prize.
On the other hand I like to think Trump is fuming that he still hasn't gotten his prize and that he'll abandon the invasion idea just to punish Venezuela's opposition for taking his prize.
Yet another example of the Nobel prize being used to further the interests of imperialism. Usually it's to whitewash war criminals like Kissinger, or in this case to justify imperialist regime change in Venezuela against the will of the people.
Maria Corina Machado was given the award for promoting democracy in Venezuela and says that the US president is the country’s best chance for regime change
Jerb322
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in reply to queermunist she/her • • •I 100% can see him doing this
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in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • • •award established in 1968 by Sveriges Riksbank in memory of Alfred Nobel
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in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • • •The fact that Anne Applebaum of The Atlantic is so excited about Machado would seem to suggest that you are correct.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
theatlantic.com/international/…
independent.co.uk/news/world/a…
(Mrs. Erinaceus says that The Atlantic is a make-work project for unemployed neocons).
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado is one of Trump’s biggest fans
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